Selling the Humanities by Jeffrey R. Di Leo, H. Aram Veeser, ... - 9781680033182

Selling the Humanities: Essays\nby Jeffrey R. Di Leo\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jeffrey R. Di Leo\nTitle: Selling the Humanities: Essays\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: general\nPublisher: Texas Review Press\nPublication year: 2024\nISBN-13: 9781680033182\nISBN-10: 1680033182\nRRP: \u00A329.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nSelling the Humanities explores the challenges facing literature, philosophy, and theory at a time when the humanities appear to some as burnt out.  There is incredible pressure to demonstrate the value of the humanities within institutions dedicated to economic feasibility and job placement, not intellectual power and social commitment.  This situation is further intensified by the demand that one must always be prepa.